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Published online 8 January 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.8
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Skin cancer on the rise
Increase in melanoma cases not due to better diagnosis.
The rising incidence of skin cancer — which grew at an average rate of 3.1% per year between 1992 and 2004 in the United States — reflects a real increase in risk, not just better diagnosis of the condition, researchers report.
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